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. >> translator: i expect consumers' energy saving consciousness will boost the sales for thermal underwear. >>> new york city announced plans to build the world's tallest ferris wheel on staten island. it's expected to become a popular tourist attraction for panoramic views. city officials say the wheel will be 190.5 meters tall, more than 25 meters taller than the one in singapore. passengers will take about 38 minutes to go around. the city plans to begin construction of the ride and its surrounding shopping center in 2014. the entire facility is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2015. staten island is the least populated of new york cities boroug boroughs. >>> the gaming industry is booming in japan driven by a rapid inside in smart phone users. but it faces a serious shortage of programmers. a maker of game software has organized a programmer contest to find talented people. among the contestants were a handful of high school students. >> reporter: 22 finalists gathered in tokyo for the contest earlier this month. all of them are students. the total prize money is about $13,000.
. >> translator: i expect consumers' energy saving consciousness will boost the sales for thermal underwear. >>> new york city announced plans to build the world's tallest ferris wheel on staten island. it's expected to become a popular tourist attraction for panoramic views. city officials say the wheel will be 190.5 meters tall, more than 25 meters taller than the one in singapore. passengers will take about 38 minutes to go around. the city plans to begin construction of the...
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the government unit that promoted nuclear energy, but critics are already finding loopholes in this. >> what challenges will the nra be facing over the coming months? >> there's a long list. without doubt, the most important and immediate challenge is redefining nuclear safety regulations. new standards will have to take into account the latest findings and technological advances to make sure nuclear plants can withstand natural disasters and major accidents. once the nra sets its standards, it will conduct a case-by-case review of all of japan's nuclear reactors to determine which can be brought back online. the nra plans to come up with new criteria by july of next year. one concern experts must address is the issue of seismic fault lines below some of the plants. the nra will conduct its own inspections to assess any risks such faults pose to nuclear safety. >> is the strengthening of human resource also a priority for the agency? >> the diet panel investigating the nuclear accident said that the level of knowledge was among regulators was insufficient. the nra will have to intens
the government unit that promoted nuclear energy, but critics are already finding loopholes in this. >> what challenges will the nra be facing over the coming months? >> there's a long list. without doubt, the most important and immediate challenge is redefining nuclear safety regulations. new standards will have to take into account the latest findings and technological advances to make sure nuclear plants can withstand natural disasters and major accidents. once the nra sets its...
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but it's not enough given the pace at which food and energy are rising. terrible working conditions. same in south africa. so we see mining operations being shut down because of the protests. so now what we see is globally, emerging market workers saying you have to pay me a lot more. whatever we pay them, it's still not enough because the moore liquidity we keep ingesting in quantitative easing whether in the u.s. or china makes commodity prices go higher. they say if they'll pay 22% more to the worker, they would have to cut the labor force in half just to break evening. so you know the production is going to -- >> you think central bank liquidity does end up in higher asset commodity price inflation? >> i think this is totally obvious. chairman bernanke says i don't know what you're talking about. there is no connection whatsoever. and the brazilian finance minister said this is warfare on the emerging markets. currency wars will come out of the quantitative easing because of this human impact and commodity price pressures as a result. >> pippa will st
but it's not enough given the pace at which food and energy are rising. terrible working conditions. same in south africa. so we see mining operations being shut down because of the protests. so now what we see is globally, emerging market workers saying you have to pay me a lot more. whatever we pay them, it's still not enough because the moore liquidity we keep ingesting in quantitative easing whether in the u.s. or china makes commodity prices go higher. they say if they'll pay 22% more to...